Jug Bay's 350 acres of water are very shallow—only about a foot deep beyond the river channel. The valley through which the Patuxent flows here is actually no wider than the valley immediately upstream or downstream, but it has spread out over its floodplain, a marsh nestled between low river terraces. Other activities available here include walking through wetlands, participating in guided boat tours, hiking and horseback riding over eight miles of woodland trails, boating and canoeing, fishing, camping, hunting, and visiting a museum and outdoor exhibits of nineteenth century life along the Patuxent, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.